Originally Posted by
commputer
after considering the different combination of hubs and rims, i've narrowed it down to mavic open pros with ultegra hubs 32 spokes from BWW. Which seem too good to be true.
I had the exact same wheelset on my commuter (Jamis Aurora) and they lasted about 5000 miles. A good, solid choice, about as bulletproof as you can get, I had no problems, no broken spokes and never out of true. Had to finally retire them last month because the braking surfaces were getting too worn. I'm an all-weather commuter (so lots of road grit) with a hilly route so I'm pretty tough on the braking surfaces. I've had rims last less than 3000 miles so the Open Pros did very well. I was thinking about getting the Open Pro CD since it's supposed to be even more durable but ultimately went with the BWW Venus RT. On sale it was $160 so it was hard to resist, and at 150 lbs I think I can get away with a lighter, 24/28 wheelset.